Spatio-Temporal Integration in the Visual System.

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A new model for temporal and spatial encoding in the visual system is developed and presented. Three series of experiments were conducted to validate the model. The experiments used (1) a TV display of random, dynamic noise, and (2) a specially designed stimulus generator which produces very large homogeneous visual fields which can be easily modulated to reproduce a large variety of temporal waveforms having a rise time longer than 1 ms. The obtained results support the proposed model. The principal findings are: (1) Time integration of the eye is locally controlled at the retina and has very fast dynamics. (2) The obtained CFF curves suggest a correlation between the frequency at which maximum sensitivity is obtained and the sensitivity itself. (3) As predicted by the model, temporal bands are developed in the visual system for stimuli showing temporal discontinuity points. The width of the temporal bands was measured and a strong correlation was found between the temporal band width

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